Franchise Centerpiece

A Showcase Design

The Totally Tommy Express Tunnel challenges the world of automatic car washing with new technology in a streamlined, fantastically eye-catching design. With the Totally Tommy Flex you get that same productivity, style, and ROI with an additional interior detailing service for maximum facility value.

Primary Tower

The primary tower anchors the facility and houses a critical innovation we call the Flight Deck. The tower is optimized as a control center for the entire facility with strategically designed doors and windows to promote easy operator access, visibility, and management.

Flight Deck

The Flight Deck facilitates easy access to the most labor-intensive areas of the wash, allowing cashiers to reach the pay queues and loading zone in seconds while also monitoring and controlling the entire wash bay.

Line of Site

Clear lines of sight are an important and often overlooked element of site management. The Flight Deck features an angled panoramic window for vision of the entire tunnel, complementing strategically placed security cameras.

Point of Sale

Our proprietary point of sale system utilizes off-the-shelf components for reduced operator cost. Fast and flexible, the system supports the Wash Club program and lightens the load on staff members through automatic club member lanes.

Owner's Suite

The owner’s suite is a highlight for many operators, and offers 250 square feet of quiet office space, separate from the manager’s office below. Furnish the space to your preference and take advantage of the room for staff meetings or office work.

Secondary Tower

The secondary tower is built slightly smaller than the primary tower to differentiate all 4 sides of the building, but serves an equally important function as a storage center. Detergents, parts, and supplies all have designated storage spaces and the tower includes a second level mezzanine area for seasonal marketing supplies and equipment.

Access

For easy service and maintenance access the storage tower opens to both the wash bay (specifically the blower room) and the vacuum area on the exterior of the building.

Detergent Storage

In conjunction with the POD system, the storage tower stays available for detergent drum storage to keep your wash working longer between deliveries.

Branding

The wash towers offer ample square footage for large custom signage. Complement your branding with available red, blue, or neutral color schemes and other exterior accents.

Pay Station Canopy

The building comes standard with three pay lanes, each serving a specific function, and a three-lane canopy overhead. We supply everything from the canopy itself the lighting and menu signage below.

Cashier

The cashier station is where customers come with questions, to purchase single washes or gift cards, and to learn more about club memberships. The lane comes equipped with a license plate or RFID reader for club member processing.

Auto Cashier

The second lane may be equipped with an auto cashier terminal, able to accept cash or credit for single wash purchases. The lane is also able to admit club members or app sales via a license plate scanner or RIFD reader.

Unlimited Club

The third lane is marked for Unlimited Club Members only and typically does not include an auto cashier station. The dedicated lane shortens wait times for Club Members and serves as an exclusive members-only benefit and selling point.

Ultimate Energy Efficient Design

Made with Recycled Materials

Totally Tommy washes are all LEED certifiable, and are built from the ground up to be eco-friendly. To promote sustainability we use recycled materials for our buildings.

Clear Roof Design

Translucent roof materials eliminate the need for electric lighting during 90% of open hours, while also creating a bright, open environment for the wash tunnel.

Advanced Lighting Controls

All lighting at the facility is integrated into one cohesive system, so that you can easily monitor and manage your energy usage throughout the day.

Minimal Temperature Requirements

Most areas in the wash tunnel are unmanned and need no temperature control, reducing energy usage and costs throughout the entire year.

Acrylic Roof

What started as hypothetical experiment in custom car wash design more than fifteen years ago resulted in a transformed wash bay environment. By fixing the dimensions and fine-tuning our engineering we've brought acrylic roof costs down to compete with traditional roofing materials without sacrificing our signature look or performance.

Open Environment

Our wash design offers a low stress experience with natural light, open space, and no clutter. Few other car washes can compete with the comfort customers experience sailing through a Totally Tommy tunnel.

Natural Light

Townships and cities love that our buildings are designed with environmental concerns in mind. We make use of natural light during the daytime hours, reducing your energy footprint and saving money.

Low Maintenance

Acrylic is sturdy and relatively inexpensive, and endures the test of time longer than concrete or metal roofing which can break down given the extreme humidity of a car wash.

Temperature and Ventilation Control

The building incorporates an optional roof vent that opens down the center of the wash bay to release heat on hot days. An optional material called Heat Stop can also help keep the bay cool in direct sunlight without blocking natural light.

Canopies

The building incorporates a 10' canopy over the entrance and 5' canopy over the exit to signal transitions and offer shade as the customer enters and exits the wash bay.

Microbrew Visuals

Customers love their cars and hesitate to trust them to 'black hole' carwashes. We signal that our design is safe and well-engineered by opening up our tunnel car wash with full-length bay windows and large entrances. We call it the microbrewery effect and it gives you the chance to showcase your wash and stainless steel arches for every future customer who drives by.

Full Length Windows

Our window design features high windows for a panoramic view in and out of the tunnel, relaxing claustrophobic customers during the wash and making oversight and facility management easier.

Seamless Cleaning

Our unique mullion design puts the bulk of the building's frame outside, leaving a low profile inner frame. This results in a seamless interior surface, so your window cleaning can be finished in under 15 minutes.

Equipment Showcase

Your equipment is some of the finest in the world—and it’s worth showing off! Highlight your facility and equipment, and let customers look in to drive interest and wash counts.

Vaulted Side Walls

Our vaulted side walls break the shoebox mold, giving you a unique style that supports your brand and separates you from the competition. Once your customers try a Totally Tommy Express Tunnel, other auto washes just don't compare!

Break the Mold

Just because boxy automatic car washes are everywhere doesn't mean they are well-loved. Outclass and outcompete those mini car washes of the past with our signature system and style.

Simple and Functional

Our designs may be unique, but that doesn't mean they're complicated or difficult to maintain. We've worked hard to use standard components wherever possible to reduce the complexity of our design and lower maintenance and upkeep costs.

A Bold, Modern Look

Dry Backroom

In every car wash there are electronics and other equipment that can't handle the high-moisture content of the rest of the wash. Our dry backroom securely consolidates this electrical gear and equipment in one close, in-house location.

Main Floor

The lower level of the dry backroom stores electrical services, pump station equipment, and the reverse osmosis unit as well as daily cleaning supplies and parts shelves.

Mezzanine

The mezzanine level holds the reverse osmosis water tanks, air compressor, and optional hot water heater, all easily accessible via a low profile ladder and railing.

Advertising and Branding

The expansive surface area on the towers and dry backroom walls allow for larger branding and advertising space so that you don't need to rely solely on roadside signage to attract customers.

Entrance & Exit

The starburst pattern featured on both the entrance and exit lend a showroom-shine effect to the car wash and its result. The circular theme persists throughout the facility from the arches to the vacuum stations.

No Correlators Needed

The Tommy Transporter is a tremendous improvement over old-fashioned roller systems. We never scratch a wheel or intimidate a customer by jolting them around as they line up. Loading is as simple and low-stress as pulling into an average-sized garage and shifting in neutral.

Self Loading

A Tommy facility saves operators an average of $62,000 per year thanks to automated loading. The process is so natural that customers quickly self-train and rarely require assistance, in large part thanks to our bright, all weather instruction screens.

On-Screen Assistance

Self-loading systems require clear, responsive instruction in order to reduce error and guide the driver into the tunnel safely and efficiently. Our entrance module provides clear and specific wording to do just that, focusing the customer's attention in one place as they load.

Detail Center

When a customer wants a true deep cleaning for their vehicle, inside and out, they usually need to turn to expensive car care services or do it themselves. Our Flex design takes an already stunning, low-stress car wash experience and adds in an on-site detailing service, giving busy commuters and auto enthusiasts alike a new option when it comes to professional, high quality car cleaning. This detailing center can be built with one or more tunnels and conveyors to handle high customer volume or divide different levels of detailing service.

12 Ft. People Mover

Our detailing center, placed on the rear wall of the Tommy Express Tunnel, uses a different type of conveyor for low stress loading and space efficiency. The full-width, easy-loading belt carries vehicles as well as staff during the detailing process and has adjustable speed settings.

Waiting Area

Customers are invited to put their car in position on the conveyor and exit the vehicle, walking around a brightly lit space separated from the detailing area by a low wall or railings. A climate controlled waiting room and bathrooms are also included.

Organized for Function

Our detailing tunnel has been carefully designed to make the detailing service go as quickly as possible without wasted motion or redundancy. Components are placed along the tunnel to be at-hand as the conveyor travels, leading to an efficient, production-line system.

Full Detailing Service

Even a very small team of employees can completely and efficiently clean the interior of customer vehicles with shampoos, vacuums, polish, and conditioners, with all other detailing products and tools close at-hand during the process.

Cleaning Setup

Our Flex car wash is designed to make customer services and facility maintenance as simple, natural, and stress-free as possible. Our Express wash delivers a fantastic external clean complimented by the optional interior detailing service in the second, Flex, tunnel.

Vacuums

Self-serve vacuum stations are usually included on the property in all Totally Tommy designs. For the Flex, powerful hand vacuums with extending hoses are also spaced along the detailing tunnel, close at hand when the customers arrive.

Windows & Interior Cleaning

We offer a number of high-quality, specially formulated cleaning products and detergents for use in your detailing services. Products, supplies, trash, and tools have all been given planned storage space in the detailing tunnel.

Flexible Service

Our divided tunnel design allows facilities to offer a number of different service levels, including all regular wash services and a number of interior service packages. Stacking customers on the conveyor is easy and the belt can be timed to accommodate different cleaning routines.

Menu Options

Because the Flex is a high efficiency detail service with estimated service times of 15-20 minutes, we recommend offering a limited menu of select services in order to streamline your detailing process and prevent bottlenecks.

Site Layout

Site layout is a breeze with Tommy Car Wash Systems! We have eight distinct layout options to suit different lots with respect to orientation and flow of traffic, so your wash looks good and functions smoothly whether you are on a busy corner or mid-block lot. Our designers are able to provide a full 3D model of the facility as it will appear on your particular site for you to share with investors and contractors as part of the construction and planning process.

Site Layouts

Every car wash site is different and changing designs to fit different roads, highways, intersections, and lot orientations can make car wash design costly and time consuming. But not with Tommy Car Wash Systems! We've spent time planning out the optimal drive and building layout for every common street and corner placement and we've made sure that our design looks fantastic and welcoming from every angle.

An All-Sides Design

If we wanted our design to go worldwide, in all kinds of lots, climates, colors, and cultures, we needed a design that would look good from every side. With the Totally Tommy site lineup we have designs that look great just about everywhere, no matter which direction the customer is coming in from.

Good Side

Customers often see this angle, which we call "the good side," as they enter from a secondary service drive in the back of the wash, or if the facility is built with frontage along a highway.

Other Good Side

This side we refer to as "the other good side". Customers view it from the road at certain intersection layouts or along highways where an entrance is again located along a service drive.

Really Good Side

Customers approaching the facility from a standard direct entrance will see this dramatic view of the wash exit, with special attention drawn to the storage tower above.

Best Side

This is the view of any customer on approach to the point of sale area. The towers stand at different heights with different footprints, creating a unique and stunning visual field across all four corners and helping direct visitors to the pay lanes located below the highest architectural point.

Point of Sale Visibility

A great car wash needs a highly visible, intuitive point of sale and loading area that customers can approach without confusion or hesitation, and our designs make it happen.

Visible Pay Lanes

Our standard three-lane setup divides traffic to keep customers moving and the points of sale are well-marked by signage, the main tower, and custom canopies.

Customer Stacking

The loading turn naturally buffers customers after the payment process, comfortably spacing vehicles as they enter the conveyor during peak hours, no supervision needed.

Entrance & Exit Slopes

The Down In, Down Out principle developed by Tommy Car Wash Systems incorporates precisely graded slopes to ease motorists into position during loading and unloading.

Left In, Right Out

Consumers are used to drive-throughs that feature left hand turns, so we centered our design between a comfortable right side entrance lane and left side vacuum area.

Curb Appeal

There is an extreme WOW factor that comes with our tunnel's look and scale, and that wow factor translates into a significantly improved capture rate and better ROI.

Elevation

We believe that it is always best to build at least (and not more than) 12 inches higher than street level to elevate the property's visibility and improve drainage during heavy rains.

Flow of Traffic

Traffic flows smoothly in the right and out the left, just as with all major fast food restaurants, banks, and other drive-up services. This simplifies navigation for your customers and prevents bottlenecks.

Berms & Beams

We create berms in the landscape to lend a sense of height and depth to the facility, resulting in a warmer and more complex feel for customers navigating through the wash.

Overview

Our services cover land development, operations training, maintenance, marketing, and human resources management. We want our partners and clients to be successful and will closely partner with you throughout the investment and development process.